Imagine if you will that you're abducted by a UFO, bear with me here. They say they've travelled across the galaxy looking for new ideas for a theme park on their home planet of Zog, and they ask you  to draw a layout of the UK's latest roller coaster. At first they are unimpressed, because all you appear to have done is draw a rectangle with rounded ends on a piece of paper. It's at this moment you point out this coaster launches rides from 0 to 80mph in 2.3 seconds and reaches a height of 205 feet.

This ride is one where the statistics do speak for  themselves. I could quite easily have reviewed this ride in two sentences, one simply quoting those statistics, the second just with the words "ride it."

For those who want more I'll start at the beginning. Just standing in the area outside the queue entrance will start the anticipation. It continues the 50's rock n roll theme linked to the Tidal Wave. The area has a 50's diner, and the station and the trains are themed around a 50's hot rod race meeting. The most dominant feature of this though is obviously Stealth itself. At 205 foot high it makes an impressive spectacle and seeing the cars go round it creates a good amount of anticipation for what's to come.

Eventually you'll come to the ride itself. The launch of the ride is spectacular. The first strait is an ultra intense feeling as you roar along the track at 80mph. Then before you know what's happening you're going strait up the rides tower, before hitting a burst of air time at the top of the tower. You then just have enough time to take in the spectacular view from the top of the tower before plunging back down the tower again. You quickly descend the tower reaching high speeds once again, then hitting another burst of air time on the bump before the breaks.

If there was one criticism of this ride it would be that this ride is a one trick pony, or a glorified thrill ride. This is a potential flaw, but I believe that this is actually a factor which works in this rides favour. The end result is a short burst of pure adrenalin and intensity compacted down to 15 to 20 seconds, it may be over very quickly, but it's a short experience you'll never forget.